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The Onion's 2008 In Review: The Environment

The dramatic fall of oil prices to under $50 a barrel has silenced much of the talk of alternative energy and oil independence that was so prevalent over the summer. What do you think?

Pam Corina • Systems Analyst

“All my talking about maybe carpooling with someone—gone to waste.”

Pam Corina • Systems Analyst

Don Goulding • Carrot Farmer

“So does this mean that T. Boone Pickens can take his wind turbines and shove them up his big billionaire ass?”

Don Goulding • Carrot Farmer

Kyp Honeyman • Sewage Maintenance Worker

“It’s like I’ve always said: You can’t huff sunshine.”

Kyp Honeyman • Sewage Maintenance Worker